Football structure has to change, warn FRC

Football Review Committee (FRC) chairman Eugene McGee says the All-Ireland SFC structure can’t afford to continue as it is. Offaly’s 1982 All-Ireland winning manager believes players will turn their backs on the competition if the current system is maintained.

He hopes his committee’s report, which will be delivered to the GAA in November, will provide a solution, or at least a first step, towards improving the composition of the championship.

“We have the standard open draw, we have the Champions League style, but then there are people who have gone to extraordinary lengths to plan the whole season from January to November on a completely different championship.